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Mercy Otis Warren - America's Forgotten Founding Historian and Thinker
Season 5 Episode 31
Mercy Otis Warren not only wrote one of the first comprehensive histories of the American Revolution, she was also a leading Antifederalist thinker -…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Not the Arbiter of Truth - America's Complicated History of a Free Press
Season 5 Episode 30
American press freedom has never followed a straight path. The Founding Fathers envisioned newspapers as partisan political weapons, not neutral trut…
7 months ago
Inside the Reagan White House: A Conversation with Ambassador Frank Lavin
Season 5 Episode 29
Jeff discusses the inner workings of the Reagan White House with former AMB Frank Lavin, who had a front-row seat to many of Reagan’s key decisions a…
7 months, 1 week ago
2025 United States Supreme Court Decisions - Commentary and Analysis
Season 5 Episode 28
Jeff is joined by constitutional law scholar Dr. Joshua Dunn to discuss the recently ended 2025 US Supreme Court term and some of the more interestin…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
America's First Core Document - The Declaration of Independence
Season 5 Episode 27
In celebration of the 249th anniversary of America's independence, we look back not so much on the history of the Declaration of Independence, but on…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
All the Presidents' Money: How the Men Who Governed America Governed Their Money
Season 5 Episode 26
Presidents are people, too, and fallible, short-sighted, disciplined, daring - and all the other traits we humans share. How have our presidents hand…
8 months ago
Sir William Blackstone's Influence on the American Founding
Season 5 Episode 25
Who was William Blackstone? What did he contribute to English law, and how did his contributions directly impact the ideas in the Declaration of Inde…
8 months, 1 week ago
Why and How Did Slaveholders Oppose Free Speech?
Season 5 Episode 24
Americans have faced, unfortunately, a number of movements and moments in our history where free speech - especially of a political nature - has been…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Paul Nitze - America's Cold Warrior
Season 5 Episode 23
Paul Nitze served under eight different U.S. presidents, from during World War 2 through the end of the Cold War, and it was his thinking, laid down …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Extinction of Experience - Reclaiming Our Humanity in the Face of Technology
Season 5 Episode 22
Technology, especially social media and the near ubiquity of mobile devices, has changed our world, our personal lives, and interpersonal relations. …
8 months, 4 weeks ago